摘要
β-N-Acetyl-D-glucosaminidase （NAGase, EC.3.2.1.52） is chitinolytic enzymes and disintegrate dimmer and trimer a composition of oligomers of N-acetyl-β-D-glucosamine （NAG） into monomer. Prawn （P. vannamei） NAGase is involved in digestion and molting processes. Some pollutants in seawater affect the enzyme activity causing loss of the biological function of the enzyme, which affects the exuviating shell and threatens the survival of the animal. The effect of formaldehyde on prawn （P. vannamei） β-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminidase activity for the hydrolysis of pNP-NAG has been studied. The results show that formaldehyde, at appropriate concentrations, can lead to reversible inactivation of the enzyme, and the IC50 is estimated to be 1.05mol· L^-1. The inactivation mechanism obtained from Lineweaver-Burk plots shows that the inactivation of the enzyme by formaldehyde belongs to the competitive type. The inactivation kinetics of the enzyme by formaldehyde has been studied using the progress-of-substrate-reaction method described by Tsou, and the rate constants have been determined. The results show that k＋0 is much larger than k-0, indicating the free enzyme molecule is fragile in the formaldehyde solution.
β-N-乙酰-D-氨基葡萄糖苷酶与南美白对虾的食物消化吸收、蜕壳生长有着密切关系。海水里存在的有机污染物将影响酶生理功能,从而进一步影响虾的正常蜕壳,严重将导致对虾的死亡。甲醛是常用的有机溶剂,故本文应用动力学方法研究了南美白对虾β-N-乙酰-D-氨基葡萄糖苷酶在甲醛溶液中以 pNP-NAG为底物时酶活力的变化规律。表明酶在甲醛浓度低于 2.0 mol?L-1,酶的失活过程是可逆的,测得甲醛对酶抑制的 IC50为 1.05 mol?L-1。用双倒数作图法测定甲醛对酶的抑制类型,结果显示甲醛是酶的竞争性抑制剂,甲醛只能与游离酶(E)结合,底物对酶的失活具有保护作用。用底物反应动力学方法观测在不同底物浓度下酶在 0.0、0.5、1.0、1.5、2.0 mol?L-1 的醋酸酐溶液中的失活过程,分别测定了酶的微观失活速度常数 k+0及复活速度常数 k-0 并加以比较,结果表明甲醛对酶的影响是缓慢结合同时导致失活的过程,比较微观失活速度常数 k+0 及复活速度常数 k-0,结果暗示在高浓度的甲醛溶液中,酶将完全失活。
